#11,235 All-time worldwide

#15 1938 releases

Movie profile

Trade Winds

Name: Trade Winds
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Mystery
Released: 1938-12-28
Duration: 93 min

1938 · 93 min · United Artists

Romance Comedy Mystery

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $964,404

Budget $738,733

Gross minus budget $225,671

ROI 1.31x

Domestic gross

$385,762

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$578,642

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$108,013

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Trade Winds ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #11,235 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1938 releases #15 Release-year chart position of 16 titles Ranked against movies released in 1938. Studio / company #77 United Artists of 80 titles Position inside the mapped United Artists movie set. Primary genre #2,298 Romance of 2,646 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#11,232 Sparrows 1926 · $966,878 #11,233 Fashions of 1934 1934 · $965,000 #11,234 Blithe Spirit 2020 · $964,832 #11,236 The Battle of Algiers 1966 · $964,028 #11,237 Appointment with Death 1988 · $960,040 #11,238 Montana Moon 1930 · $960,000

Quick answer

How did Trade Winds (1938) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Trade Winds (1938) earned a reported $964.4K worldwide against a reported $738.7K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $225.7K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.31x. In this database it currently ranks #11,235 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #15 among 1938 releases.

Worldwide gross: $964,404
Budget: $738,733
Gross minus budget: $225,671
ROI: 1.31x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 28, 1938
Production: United Artists, Walter Wanger Productions
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUnited Artists Release year chart1938 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartComedy Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1938, Trade Winds is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Comedy, Mystery title from United Artists. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $964,404, reported production budget is $738,733, gross-minus-budget is $225,671, ROI is 1.31x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,235 all-time in the current chart set and #15 among 1938 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.